Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-24
A CHICAGO eUo KILLER.
Some of the Secrets of His BusIns.A Keeping Hotels Clear of Cockroache..

some or the Secrets of His BusfnesS
 Keeping Hotels Clear of COckroaohes.
 The cockroach killer is one of tine curios- ities of Chicago. Not on account of his per sonal appearance, but of the novelty of hi. vocation. There arc four or fivepersons who live by the death of cockroaches, rats and mice, but the best known is an old German nearly co years of age, who has an office on Washington street A reporter found the old gentleman the other day in his place sur rounded by the deadly compounds he needs in his business.
 Eat all you want, it's rat poison" cor dially said the old man as the reporter picked up box of paste. That stuff in the rel boxes IS cockroach poison. and the bug poison is in the yellow packages
 What Is food for the roaches Is poison for the bugs, is it!7
 les Bug poison won't kin cochroaches, and both of 'em won't kill rats; rat paste won't kill them, because they won't eat it.
 How do you kill cockroachesF,
 We blow 'em up with pOwder-not the Kind of powder that kills men, though. See that funnel on the end of those bsllowsl Well, We put the powder fin that, and tl.sn blow it through the nozzle into the cracks and crow icos where he lives. He doesn't live long s.Nr- We kill bugs the same way, nsins .:ss sther powder"
 Pays pretty well, doesn't itF'
 "Oh, fairly. Most of it is oc.f1Sct work We take contracts for cleSsssli hotels, reStGu- rants, stores, dwelling hcSz<s, public institu- tons, bakeries, steamboats, railroad sleepins cars or coaches, etc, of bedbugs, reaches, water bugs, moths or ants, for 70 much a year"
 How muchT"
 That depends on the size and character of the place. To keep hotels clear Is worth from Si5 to Sl0O year. We've quit taking hotel contracts because they are unsatisfactory. The powder only kills thsbugso or roaches that touch or cat l. SOmetimss they hide in their holes where the powder went reach them, but when they get hungry and come out tho powder fixes them. The trouble with hotel people is that they won't obey instructions, and close the rooms and not sweep up the powder before twenty-four hours havo eiapsed They sweep 1t up before we're out of the house fairly, and then they howl be- cause we didn't kill all the bugs
 How about restaurantsf'
 They're good contracts, next to pri- vate houses I've clsaned a number of restaurants for over ten years They are worth from Sl0 to Si0; that depends on the size; same way with saloons Don't know why it is, but saloons and printing offices are the favOrite domain of the cockroach7
 What's the best season for bugsf
 "Bedbugs in the spring and cockroaches in the fall The bugs breed fastest in the winter, but the roach waits for warm weather
 (Which insect or vernin Is hardest to exter- minateT
 The moth It gets Into the lining of gar uents and is difficult to reach The powder will not destroy the pupR, even if covered with powder. nor when it matches, but tue powder must be applied fresh to the larvR
 A new bug has made its appearance in Chicago within tho last two years We call it the sewer bug. because it breeds in the sewers, and through them gets into the houses. They are hard to Kill, and destroy carpets, leather and clothing. Thsy are a species of beetle, but have no wings. This summer another new bug has mads its up- pearance in the east. IL has not reached Chi cago vet The nnme Of buffalo bug has been applied 10 it because 1t was discovered in Buffalo, \. Y, and literally abounds there. It's working it's way west, and will probably bc lere next spring. Inter Ocean.